Portrait of Ray Buktenica

Ray Buktenica

Acting

Biography

Ray Buktenica /bʌkˈtɛniːˈkɑː/ (born August 6, 1943) is an American film and television character actor. He has played numerous roles, primarily on television since 1972. He is best known for playing the character Benny Goodwin, the boyfriend and later fiancé of Brenda Morgenstern on the 1970s sitcom Rhoda, Dr. Solomon on House Calls and Jerry Berkson, Libby's boss on Life Goes On. He provided the voice of Hugo Strange in the character's sole appearance on Batman: The Animated Series. In 1996, he guest-starred on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Leo Nunk, a newspaper reporter. In 1997, he guest-starred on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in the episode "By Inferno's Light", as Deyos, the Vorta in command of the Dominion's Internment Camp 371.

Born: August 6, 1943

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

2005
Shopgirl

as Shrink

1995
Heat

as Timmons

1995
JAG

as Art Scherer

1995
JAG

as ZNN Reporter

1994
Touched by an Angel

as Allan Pound

1994
1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as Mike Baker

1992
Batman: The Animated Series

as Hugo Strange (voice)

1991
My Girl

as Danny

1991
Civil Wars

as Ronald Peck

1989
1988
Empty Nest

as Alan

1988
1986
L.A. Law

as Lenny Mullen, Car Dealer

1985
The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Take My Life...Please!")

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Kyle Laughlin

1983
Imps*

as Bob

1981
The Adventures of Nellie Bly

as Kenny Thompson / Narrator

1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Bruce Kunkle

1980
1979
House Calls

as Normon Solomon

1977
1977
The Love Boat

as Simon Scott

1977
The Amazing Howard Hughes

as Public Relations Man

1977
A Circle of Children

as Doctor Marino

1976
King Kong

as Naval Officer

1974
Rhoda

as Benny Goodwin

1973
Hawkins

as Doctor

1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Billy Grunwald

1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Clifford Sprague